28-year-old Nick Kyrgios suffered a meniscus injury on his left knee which resulted in him getting a repair surgery in January.
FILE: Australia’s Nick Kyrgios reacts during his 2022 US Open Tennis tournament men’s singles Round of 16 match against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on 4 September 2022. Picture: COREY SIPKIN / AFP
BERLIN – Australian Nick Kyrgios said he “tried everything” to be fit after withdrawing from the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Halle on Monday due to a knee issue.
The 28-year-old lost the 2022 Wimbledon final in four sets to Novak Djokovic and had surgery to repair a meniscus injury in his left knee in January.
“I tried everything here in Halle to be fit over the past few days, but I had to make the decision to pull out,” Kyrgios said on Monday.
“When I play, I want to put in a performance like I did here last year when I was in the semi-finals, but that just wasn’t possible,” the Australian added.
Kyrgios, ranked 31, had been due to take on Italian Lorenzo Sonego on Tuesday morning in the German grass-court tournament, one of Wimbledon’s most important lead-up events, which begins on July 3.
Kyrgios complained of restricted movement after his first-round loss to Wu Yibing in Stuttgart earlier this month.
“I feel my knee every point. I can’t walk without pain,” Kyrgios said during the match.
With a 37-10 record, Kyrgios played the best season of his career in 2022, chalking up a tour-leading 12 wins on grass.
His place in Halle will be taken by 45th-ranked Russian Aslan Karatsev.
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